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ABOUT CHEFS IN SCHOOLS
Chefs in Schools exists to improve children’s health and futures through better school food and meaningful food education.
We work alongside schools and catering teams to transform what children eat every day, particularly in communities facing the greatest barriers to good health. We combine practical support, training, operational expertise and sector influence to help schools serve fresh, nutritious food that children want to eat.
We’re backed by some of the biggest names in food and are ambitious about both impact and scale. We want every child to have access to excellent school food and a real food education, regardless of background.
We are a values-led organisation - bold, honest, collaborative, innovative and focused on solutions.
WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS
You will lead the delivery of Chefs in Schools External Affairs function, ultimately ensuring there is widespread recognition that poor quality school food is unacceptable. Through integrated media, digital and advocacy work, you’ll ensure quality school food is viewed as a vital tool for healthy development and food literacy.
You will turn strategic direction into coordinated delivery, leading a multidisciplinary team that increases our influence, strengthens our reputation and helps achieve meaningful improvements in school food.
Working closely with External Affairs colleagues and Chief Executive, you will ensure our public profile, policy influence and media work reinforce one another, while creating the management capacity required for a growing organisation. This builds on the new functional structure where media and content, policy and campaigns, and the School Food Review programme all sit within External Affairs.
We want Chefs in Schools to become the most trusted and recognisable voice in the conversation around school food and food literacy. This role will play a central part in building that influence and recognition.
We are looking for somebody who understands that influence is built through consistency, credibility, creativity and cultural relevance as much as through formal communications activity alone.
WHAT YOU’LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR
Leadership
Lead the day-to-day operation of the External Affairs team.
Translate organisational strategy into clear plans and objectives.
Ensure media, content creation, campaigns, policy and coalition activity reinforce one another.
Set priorities and allocate resources across competing work.
Develop team capability through coaching, support and performance management.
Contribute to organisational strategy and annual planning.
Advise on reputational opportunities and risks.
Ensure innovation is embedded at the heart of our work and approach.
Deputise at SLT level where appropriate.
Represent the organisation externally.
Build a collaborative, ambitious, solutions-focused culture.
Operational planning
Develop and oversee the annual External Affairs plan in line with strategy.
Coordinate campaign calendars, policy priorities, publications and media moments.
Ensure external activity supports fundraising, programmes and partnerships.
Monitor delivery against KPIs and adjust plans where required.
Campaigns and public engagement
Provide strategic oversight of policy development and campaigning.
Challenge and refine policy recommendations before publication.
Ensure campaigns are evidence-led and aligned with organisational strategy.
Support relationships with government, sector leaders and coalition partners.
Build strong relationships with media, MPs, councillors and key stakeholders.
Media & communications
Oversee media strategy and organisational messaging.
Ensure consistency across press, social media, website, publications and events.
Identify media moments and hard hitting stories that will hit the headlines.
Sign off major messaging and communications.
Lead communications planning around major announcements or crises.
School Food Review
Provide strategic oversight of the School Food Review programme.
Ensure coalition work complements Chefs in Schools wider influencing strategy.
Support senior relationships with coalition partners and funders.
Remove barriers to delivery for the Programme Manager.
Budget & governance
Manage the External Affairs budget.
Ensure safeguarding, risk management and governance requirements are met.
Oversee procurement of agencies and consultants.
ABOUT YOU
Essential experience and skills
Significant senior leadership experience across media relations, campaigns, policy or public affairs.
Experience managing multidisciplinary teams.
Strong operational planning skills.
Excellent political judgement.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders.
Outstanding written and verbal communication.
Strong project and budget management.
Comfortable balancing long-term strategy with fast-paced reactive work.
Strong understanding of the UK media landscape and digital channels.
Excellent communication skills – written, verbal and visual.
Experience of working with MPs and other key stakeholders.
Strong alignment with the mission and values of Chefs in Schools.
Desirable
Education, food systems or public health experience.
Coalition leadership.
Charity senior management.
Experience working with ministers, journalists and on national campaigns.
OUR COMMITMENT TO INCLUSION
We know that strong candidates may not meet every single requirement listed in this job description.
If this role excites you and you believe you could make a strong contribution to our mission, we would encourage you to apply.
We are committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive organisation where people from different backgrounds, experiences and communities can thrive.
We’re on a mission to transform kids’ health through food – plate by plate, class by class, school by school.



About Us
For over 21 years, The Pickering Cancer Drop-In Centre has offered free, holistic support to anyone in our community affected by cancer through complementary therapies, talking therapies, art and our supportive community.
In 2025 alone, we had 1,911 individual visits and 1,021 therapy sessions - entirely through the dedication of our volunteer team. We are currently renovating our new centre, and we want to use it to reach further into our community than ever before. This is the first paid role in our history.
About the Role
As our first Executive Director, you will be the single point of accountability between our Board of Trustees and the day-to-day operation of the Centre - working alongside our (voluntary) Centre Manager and (voluntary) Volunteer Manager to support their roles, not duplicate them. You'll lead our strategy delivery, guide the charity's move into its new home, and oversee a service redesign informed by a fresh programme of visitor, volunteer and community research.
About You
You already know how to do this job - you've held a senior, accountable position in a charity or comparable organisation and can bring that experience from day one. You're confident reporting to a board of trustees, comfortable getting things done, and able to win the trust of a highly experienced, long-standing volunteer team through competence and credibility, not authority alone.
Key Activity Areas
• Financial management – budgeting, financial controls, and reporting to the Board and Treasurer
• Governance & best practice – supporting trustees to discharge their statutory duties; maintaining the policy suite and risk register
• HR & people leadership – supporting our entire volunteer and therapist team; communication is key to our volunteers
• Fundraising – write and lead on a fundraising strategy, implement new funding streams and be the ‘face of Pickering’ – local networking will be essential
• Change management – leading the transition to our new centre and evolving service model with care and consultation
• Compliance – safeguarding, health and safety, GDPR, and other regulatory requirements
Qualifications - Desirable
All the below are not necessary qualifications but would assist with this role:
• CIPD qualification, or equivalent hands-on HR experience
• A recognised governance qualification (e.g. Chartered Governance Institute) or completion of a charity leadership programme or similar
• Financial management experience – a qualification would be useful but not essential
• Safeguarding lead training
Experience and Competencies — Essential
• Senior leadership experience with genuine authority and accountability in a charity or comparable mission-led organisation
• A track record of reporting to and working with a board of trustees or non-executive directors
• A track record of leading organisational change, with evidence it was genuinely adopted
• Sound financial literacy - budgets, management accounts, financial controls, dealing with auditors
• Working knowledge of safeguarding, risk management and regulatory compliance
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including board-level reporting as well as the ability to speak in public
• Experience making a leadership role pay for itself, through income generation, cost savings, or both
• A genuine, demonstrable commitment to Pickering's mission
Experience and Competencies — Desirable
• Fundraising experience across grants, trusts, community fundraising and corporate partnerships
• Experience within the cancer support, wider healthcare, or hospice sector
• Lived experience of cancer, personally or through supporting someone close to you
• Experience leading a refresh of a brand or a rebrand, service redesign, or physical relocation of services
• Familiarity with Tunbridge Wells and the surrounding local community
Safeguarding
This role involves working with adults who may be vulnerable by virtue of serious illness. The successful candidate will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory reference checks before appointment, and will act as, or oversee, the charity's designated safeguarding lead.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
Pickering is committed to equal opportunity for all and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. A copy of our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion policy is available on request.
How to Apply
Please apply by Sunday 6 September 2026. Interviews are expected to take place w/c 14 September 2026.
To ensure that everyone impacted by cancer in our community has the love, care, and support they need.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Role Purpose
The Chief Executive Officer will provide strategic, operational and values-led leadership for Home-Start Norfolk, ensuring the charity delivers its mission, supports its families effectively and remains financially sustainable. Working closely with the Board of Trustees, the CEO will lead the organisation’s strategy, people, services, partnerships, governance, income generation and volunteer strategy, while acting as an ambassador for the charity and its work.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
Lead the development and delivery of the charity’s strategic plan in partnership with the Board of Trustees.
Translate the charity’s vision, mission and values into clear priorities, measurable objectives and effective operational plans.
Identify opportunities for growth, innovation, collaboration and improved impact.
Ensure services and activities remain responsive to beneficiary needs and changing external circumstances.
Governance, Compliance and Risk
Support the Board of Trustees to fulfil its governance responsibilities through clear reporting, sound advice and timely information.
Ensure the charity complies with charity law, company law where applicable, employment law, fundraising regulation, data protection requirements, safeguarding duties and all relevant regulatory obligations.
Maintain a robust approach to risk management, internal controls, policies and procedures.
Promote transparency, accountability and ethical decision-making across the organisation.
Financial Leadership and Income Generation
Provide overall leadership for financial planning, budgeting, forecasting and long-term sustainability.
Work with trustees and senior colleagues to ensure resources are used effectively and in line with charitable objectives.
Lead the development of a diverse and resilient income strategy, including grants, trusts and foundations, individual giving, corporate partnerships, contracts and other appropriate income streams.
Maintain strong relationships with funders, commissioners, donors and supporters, ensuring excellent stewardship and reporting.
Service Delivery, Quality and Impact
Ensure the charity delivers high-quality, safe and effective services that achieve positive outcomes for families.
Embed continuous improvement, evidence-based practice and meaningful beneficiary involvement.
Oversee monitoring, evaluation and impact reporting to demonstrate the value and effectiveness of the charity’s work.
Champion safeguarding, inclusion, accessibility and dignity in all areas of service delivery.
Comply with Home-Start UK’s Quality Audit Policies and Process, to ensure the charity maintains a high standard of quality assurance.
People, Culture and Organisational Development
Lead, support and develop the senior leadership team and staff, creating a positive, inclusive and high-performing culture.
Ensure the charity has the right structures, systems, skills and capacity to deliver its strategy.
Promote wellbeing, learning, accountability and collaboration across the organisation.
Ensure effective HR, performance management and recruitment practices are in place.
Volunteer Leadership
Provide strategic leadership for the development and delivery of the charity’s volunteer strategy, ensuring it supports organisational priorities and beneficiary needs.
Oversee effective volunteer recruitment, induction, training, supervision, support, retention and recognition.
Ensure volunteers are valued, well-supported, appropriately deployed and able to contribute safely and confidently to the charity’s work.
Develop a sustainable volunteer workforce plan, identifying current and future volunteer capacity, skills and support requirements.
Promote a positive volunteering culture that reflects the charity’s values and strengthens engagement, inclusion and community connection.
External Relations, Partnerships and Advocacy
Act as the public face and senior ambassador for the charity, representing it with credibility and confidence.
Build and maintain strong relationships with beneficiaries, partners, funders, commissioners, local communities, statutory bodies and sector networks.
Raise the charity’s profile and influence through effective communications, thought leadership and advocacy.
Promote collaboration and partnership working to extend reach, improve outcomes and strengthen sustainability.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Location (UK): London / Sheffield
Hours: Full-time, 35 hours, Part-time 28 hours (pro-rata) will be considered
Salary: £43,580.00 per annum (London), £41,504.00 per annum (rest of UK) – pro-rata for part time
Benefits: Read more about the excellent benefits we offer
Contract type: Permanent
Travel: Occasional travel required in line with business requirements
Closing date: 23:59 hours, Thursday 3 September 2026
Join us and use your skills, knowledge, passion and energy to help us achieve a future free from arthritis.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our busy, ambitious and collaborative Media and PR team and help shape the national conversation around arthritis and musculoskeletal health. Working across a fast-paced and varied news agenda across the UK, you'll develop and deliver proactive media campaigns, respond to breaking news, work closely with people with lived experience to amplify their voices in the media, build strong relationships with internal stakeholders and journalists while securing high-profile coverage that raises awareness, influences decision-makers and supports our campaigning and organisational priorities.
About the role
You'll work closely with policy, research, campaigns and fundraising to tell compelling stories, prepare spokespeople for media opportunities and help position Arthritis UK as the go-to voice on arthritis and musculoskeletal health. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced media professional who enjoys spotting opportunities, working collaboratively and wants to use the power of earned media to make a real difference to the lives of more than 10 million people living with arthritis across the UK.
About you
If your knowledge, skills and experience include the following then we’d love to hear from you:
• Significant experience of developing and delivering successful media campaigns that secure impactful national, regional and broadcast coverage.
• Strong news judgement and the ability to identify and respond quickly to emerging media opportunities.
• Experience of building and maintaining effective relationships with journalists across print, broadcast and digital media.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience of producing high-quality media materials and briefing spokespeople.
• Experience of working in a fast-paced press office or media environment, managing multiple priorities and meeting tight deadlines.
• Confidence in handling reactive media enquiries and supporting reputation and issues management.
• Experience of monitoring and evaluating media activity, using insight to demonstrate impact and inform future work.
• A collaborative approach, with the ability to build strong relationships across teams and work effectively with a range of internal and external stakeholders.
• A commitment to Arthritis UK's values and a passion for using media to improve the lives of people with arthritis.
*As a hybrid worker the expectation is that you will spend around 40% of your working time in our office spaces or working in community settings. As an inclusive employer we will consider home-based working for anyone where office-based hybrid working would be a barrier to being able to work for us, for example for someone living with a long-term health condition or disability.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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Hours: Full-time
Pay: Up to £42,440 GBP gross per annual (dependent on experience) with additional uplift applicable during deployment.
Duration: Permanent
Location: UK-Med Office, Manchester, UK (hybrid working) with an expectation of approximately 15% international travel/deployment, as required by UK-Med.
Want to put humanitarian crises on the front pages and shape the global conversation when it matters the most?
UK-Med is looking for an exceptional Media Manager to lead our press office and secure high-impact media coverage that brings the realities of humanitarian emergencies to audiences across the UK and beyond. UK-Med is a frontline medical aid charity. Born of the NHS, we’ve been working for over 30 years
towards a world where everyone has the healthcare they need when crises or disasters hit.
In the past 12 months, UK-Med has attracted significant media attention for our emergency responses in Gaza, Ukraine and around the world. Our work has featured as the lead story on BBC News at Six and Ten, across national and regional television and radio, on the front pages of national newspapers, on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, and in leading UK and international media outlets.
This is an exciting opportunity to join our Fundraising & Communications team at a pivotal moment in UK-Med’s growth and reputation as the UK’s official Emergency Medical Team. As Media Manager, you will lead our media relations strategy, build strong relationships with journalists, identify opportunities to raise our profile, and ensure our stories reach the audiences that matter.
This is a high-profile role in a fast-paced, creative team where no two days are the same. You'll thrive under pressure, exercise sound judgement, and respond confidently to breaking news and media enquiries while helping colleagues tell powerful stories from some of the world's most challenging humanitarian crises.
You will lead the Press Office, acting as the first point of contact for media enquiries and ensuring requests are managed quickly, professionally and directed to the appropriate spokesperson.
We're looking for an outstanding communicator with excellent writing skills, a strong understanding of the UK media landscape, and the confidence to advise senior leaders and colleagues at every level on media engagement and reputation.
We offer a competitive salary and benefits along with a friendly working environment and the opportunity to make a real difference through humanitarian work.
How to apply
We strongly recommend that you read the Candidate Information Pack - Media Manager before applying.
To apply, please submit a current CV and a supporting letter (2 pages) through our online jobs portal.
Applications must be submitted no later than Friday 4th of September 2026.
UK-Med is committed to safeguarding of our personnel and beneficiaries and has a zero tolerance approach to sexual exploitation and abuse. We conduct thorough vetting before any appointment is confirmed.
UK-Med is committed to the principles of diversity, equality, and inclusion. We strive to provide an inclusive and supportive environment where employees feel respected and supported to be able to fulfil their potential.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
About the role
We’re seeking a senior media and PR manager (fundraising and brand) to join our talented and ambitious media and PR team at an exciting time of growth for the charity.
As part of our 2025-2030 organisational strategy, we have ambitious plans to increase awareness, understanding, trust and engagement, to support the impact we can have for people affected by breast cancer and this role will play a key part in helping realise these ambitions.
You’ll lead all media and PR activity around Breast Cancer Now’s fundraising and brand marketing, developing and leading delivery of bold and ambitious annual media strategies for these areas that support the charity to supercharge progress for anyone affected by breast cancer. You’ll ensure all plans are tightly aligned to the charity’s strategic ambitions and integrated across owned, earned, shared and paid channels for consistency and greatest impact.
You’ll build media profile that positions Breast Cancer Now as determined leaders and as the ‘charity partner of choice’, raising awareness, engagement and support among actual and potential supporters across our fundraising activity, from our wide range of fundraising challenge events and flagship campaigns, to driving excellent results for corporate partnerships around shared values and targets in a way that makes us an aspirational charity to partner with.
Leading media and PR for our brand marketing activity, you’ll work closely with the brand marketing team and have a unique opportunity to work closely with our world/industry leading brand marketing agency to provide counsel and support the shaping of creative media and PR activity that best amplifies the charity’s brand across the year. Key to this role is ensuring relevant internal stakeholders are brought in where appropriate.
You’ll also play a key part in supporting the day-to-day leadership of the wider media and PR team.
About you
Excellent at building and nurturing impactful relationships both internally and externally at all levels, you’ll be an effective negotiator with the ability to balance complex and sensitive needs across stakeholders (including corporate partners, agencies, fundraisers, and journalists) to secure media profile that cuts through and resonates with key audiences. You’ll also be a sensitive in your interactions with people affected by breast cancer who support our work.
Drawing on strong experience of working in health communications, and media/PR relations environments, you’ll digest and translate complex health information and create compelling copy at pace for media. With an instinctive news sense you’ll identify and be quick to seize proactive and reactive opportunities to secure impactful media profile.
A creative thinker, you’ll bring fresh ideas and bold thinking to help elevate the charity’s brand, cutting through the media noise with smart, stand-out storytelling. You’ll be agile in feeding into and delivering campaign ideas that make an impact.
A natural planner with a strategic mindset, you’ll work closely with colleagues to forward plan and consider the bigger picture while ensuring tight alignment and consistency across all communications output. Your ability to prioritise multiple and complex projects and handle conflicting demands and tight deadlines will also be key to the success of your team.
Job description and benefits
The job description and our attractive benefits are available for you to download.
Primary location of role and hybrid working
This role is primarily based in our London office. Our hybrid working model allows you to work up to 3 days per week at home.
The salary range is: £47,000 and £52,000 per annum
When applying
We hope you choose to apply for this role. To support your application, you’ll be asked to submit your anonymised CV and a supporting statement online. Please refer to the essential criteria on the person specification and clearly provide as much information as you can with examples, to demonstrate how and where you meet the criteria.
Our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
We’re committed to promoting equity, valuing diversity and creating an inclusive environment – for everyone who works for us, works with us, supports us and who
we support.
We reserve the right to close this advert early. Therefore, to avoid disappointment please submit your application as soon as possible, if you’re interested in this opportunity.
Closing date: Friday 14 August 2026
Interview date week commencing 23 August 2026
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
Role Overview:
The Talent Set are delighted to partner with our client on a fantastic Media Officer role. This position involves supporting the charity’s public relations efforts across digital and traditional channels, enhancing their public profile, and inspiring action through impactful media campaigns and engaging content.
Key Responsibilities:
Person Specification:
What’s on Offer:
How to Apply:
To apply, please submit your CV demonstrating your suitability for this role by clicking the 'apply now' button (please do not apply via email). We aim to get back to all successful candidates within 48 working hours.
Commitment to Diversity
The Talent Set are committed to diverse and inclusive recruitment practices, ensuring equal opportunities for all applicants regardless of race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, disability, or age. We actively encourage applications from a wide range of backgrounds and are always happy to make reasonable adjustments to ensure a fair recruitment process.
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Marketing & PR Manager
About the role
This is a senior role working across the whole Charity, tasked with growing public awareness and support for Clatterbridge Cancer Charity. Leading on marketing, PR, brand and design, this role will manage relations with media, stakeholders, supporters and the wider public, creating and delivering engaging campaigns, generating support for the Charity, demonstrating impact and increasing income generation.
This is an exciting time to join the Charity as it moves to the next stage in its growth. As part of a busy and ambitious team, this role would suit an experienced, proactive and creative individual with a talent for storytelling and a knowledge of data-driven marketing.
You’ll have strong commercial knowledge, with the ability to apply this to the charity sector; adding value to our existing fundraising activities and impact reporting.
Key responsibilities include:
· Create and deliver a comprehensive marketing & public relations strategy for the Charity to increase levels of awareness, reaching and engaging audiences.
· Build brand awareness, promote income generation and communicate activities and impact.
· Identify, create and maximise media, PR and marketing opportunities for the Charity to achieve strong positive coverage in print, broadcast and online media.
· Utilise the full mix of communications and marketing tools, including media and public relations, internal communications, brand marketing, advertising, campaigns, direct marketing, digital and social media and production of materials.
· Lead and give strategic marketing direction to the Charity team, taking responsibility for all marketing activities within the Charity to ensure consistent messaging.
· Identify and develop key relationships with journalists and influencers across a broad
range of media.
· Lead, manage and plan key Charity marketing and communications initiatives such as the annual Glow Green Night Walk and annual ball.
· Be responsible for brand management, ensuring consistency across all internal and external communications and adherence to brand and corporate identity guidelines.
· Oversee the design, production and dissemination of marketing and communications collateral as required, including annual reports and impact statements.
· Oversee the design and production of all printed materials for Charity events to ensure consistency of brand and messaging.
· Identify and manage outside agencies where necessary to add value to the role and produce, for example, video and photographic content.
· Report to the Chief Executive on impact and coverage.
· Manage crisis communications if necessary.
· Liaise with the Communications team of The Clatterbridge Cancer Charity NHS Foundation Trust to provide a joined-up comms and PR strategy for joint ventures.
· Manage staff within the Marketing and Individual Giving team.
About the Charity
Clatterbridge Cancer Charity is an independent charity, dedicated to supporting patients and research at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - one of the UK’s leading cancer hospitals.
It’s thanks to our supporters that we can achieve so much for people with cancer across Merseyside and Cheshire, which may not be possible through NHS funding alone.
This includes funding life-saving research to shape cancer care for generations to come, investing in leading technology that drives better outcomes for people with cancer, enhancing the patient environment to support health and wellbeing and enabling innovations in care for every patient, every day.
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Hybrid working with base office at The Spine Building, Paddington Village, Liverpool L7 3FA
Closing Date: 11 September 2026
Interview Date: 24 September 2026
Flexible / hybrid working available
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Help tell the stories that bring joy to seriously ill children.
Rays of Sunshine is looking for a creative, sensitive and confident Senior Communications Officer to help bring our work to life through powerful storytelling, media engagement and compelling content.
This is an exciting opportunity to join us as we launch our new five-year strategy, refreshed brand and new website. You’ll play a key role in helping us share the stories of seriously ill children, young people and their families, raising awareness of our work and inspiring more people to support Rays of Sunshine.
As our Senior Communications Officer, you’ll act as our story development lead, working directly with children, young people and families to sensitively capture the moments that demonstrate the impact of our work. You’ll develop case studies, coordinate photography and filming, create content for social media, website, press and email marketing, and help ensure our storytelling is handled with care, consent and integrity.
You’ll also support PR and media activity, build relationships with journalists, identify media opportunities, draft press releases and case studies, and help coordinate activity involving families, colleagues, ambassadors, celebrities and high-profile supporters.
Alongside this, you’ll support our Wish Ambassador programme, celebrity and influencer engagement, digital communications, social media, website content and wider communications campaigns. This is a varied, hands-on role in a small and ambitious team, with the opportunity to make a real and lasting impact.
We’re looking for someone with excellent writing and storytelling skills, strong editorial judgement and the ability to build trusted relationships with families, journalists, ambassadors, celebrities and colleagues. You’ll be warm, organised, proactive and passionate about putting children’s voices at the heart of communications.
Rays of Sunshine has recently been recognised as one of The Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026, reflecting our positive, values-led culture and commitment to supporting our people.
We brighten the lives of seriously ill children across the UK by granting wishes and providing ongoing support in hospitals and within the community
About the role
As RCOG Communications and Media Manager, the campaigns you design and lead will ensure the voices of women and frontline clinicians are shaping the health agenda and influencing policy.
In this role, you will work regularly with national journalists, women’s health charities, Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England or successor bodies, other royal colleges, specialist societies and other partners to develop accurate and compelling stories that bring the College’s work to life in the news.
Working closely with colleagues across our Policy and public affairs, Workforce and Marketing teams, you will be part of a friendly and passionate External Affairs directorate.
Key responsibilities include:
Lead College’s annual external communication plan including variety of campaigns aligned to the College’s strategic priorities.
Profile College’s work and impact in the media and build effective media partnerships
Oversee RCOG content and social media strategies and developing impactful content to engage audiences through earned, paid and owned channels.
Ensuring that clinicians’ expertise and women’s voices and lived experience inform the RCOG’s communications programme
Act as a trusted expert advising our President, Officers and senior leaders on reputational issues, including briefing and media training for high-profile or sensitive topics
Using data, insight and new technologies to continuously improve the impact of communications and campaigns
Participating in the out-of-hours press rota, currently around one in three weekends and occasional evenings.
About you
You are an experienced communications professional who has led communications programmes and integrated campaigns from planning through to evaluation You have strong press-office and media-relations experience and a track record of building productive relationships with journalists.
You combine strategic thinking with and editorial judgement and are comfortable managing both reactive media issues and longer-term communications activity. You can advise senior stakeholders clearly and calmly, work constructively with partners and ensure that clinicians’ expertise and women’s lived experience are represented accurately and respectfully.
You will thrive in this role if you enjoy varied work, can prioritise effectively when circumstances change and are motivated by the contribution that communications can make to better healthcare for women and girls.
Essential requirements:
Demonstrable experience managing development and delivery of an organisation’s communications programme
Designing and delivering creative impactful campaigns with clear outcomes
Strong media-relations and press-office experience, including developing stories, responding to enquiries and working with journalists
Excellent news judgement and the ability to produce clear, accurate and engaging content for different audiences and channels
Experience advising senior leaders or spokespeople on sensitive, high-profile or reputational issues.
Successful track record of building relationships and delivering communications work with external partners
Effective planning and prioritisation skills
Able to use data and insight to evaluate and improve communications activity
Willingness to participate in the out-of-hours press rota
Experience supervising, coaching or developing colleagues.
For the full list of key responsibilities, please check the recruitment pack.
Our culture and benefits
You will be located in our offices in London Bridge. We offer a friendly, values led working culture with an excellent benefits package that includes:
Agile and flexible working environment and free lunch onsite
25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays and office closure from 25 December to 1 January
10% pension contribution after probation
Enhanced wellbeing and family support
Interest free season ticket loans after probation
Tailored Learning and Development and study leave
Affinity staff networks
Life assurance and income protection schemes
Lifestyle discounts
For a full list of the benefits we offer, please visit our careers site.
Applications close at 10.00 am on Monday 24 August 2026
We encourage candidates to apply early. We may close the advert before the stated date if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
First-stage interviews are expected to take place on 2 and 3 September 2026. Second-stage interviews for selected candidates are expected to take place between 14 and 16 September 2026.
We hope the successful candidate will start in October 2026, subject to their notice period and completion of pre-employment checks.
We believe that diverse teams will deliver the best outcomes for women's healthcare and we strive to be an inclusive employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and particularly encourage candidates from underrepresented groups, including people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds and disabled people. To find out more, please see our Diversity Policy and Equal Opportunities Policy.
Please note: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. The RCOG is unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role.
About us
The RCOG is a professional membership association dedicated to improving women’s health care across the world. We do this by setting standards for clinical practice, providing doctors with training and lifelong learning, and working with partners to advocate for women’s health and health care across their life course. We are a global leader in this specialist area, supporting 19,000 members in the UK and internationally.
We are a values-led organisation placing high standards, innovation, openness, inclusiveness and trust at the centre of all we do.
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Cyflog: Gradd D: £33,662 – £39,559 (pro rata)
Dyddiad cau ar gyfer gwneud cais: hanner nos ddydd Sul 23 Awst
Rydym yn chwilio am Uwch Swyddog Polisi Cyhoeddus profiadol i gydlynu ein gwaith cyngor polisi a materion cyhoeddus – gan gyfrannu at gyflawni un o’n pedair prif flaenoriaeth strategol: “Cyfrannu at ddatrysiadau polisi mawr drwy gynnig cyngor annibynnol a galluogi cyfnewid gwybodaeth”. Rydym yn chwilio am rywun sydd â’r brwdfrydedd i ysgogi ein Cymrodyr anhygoel a’n rhanddeiliaid eraill i sicrhau bod ein gwaith yn effeithiol.
Bydd deiliad y rôl hefyd yn gyfrifol am ddarpariaeth Gymraeg a gwaith dwyieithog y Gymdeithas.
Dyma gyfle cyffrous i rywun sydd eisiau cyfuno gwaith hyblyg â rôl ddiddorol ac amrywiol mewn tîm deinamig. Rydym yn bwriadu cyflogi ar sail cyfnod penodol o flwyddyn (i ddechrau), ac ar sail 0.8CALl, ond yn barod i ystyried rhannu’r swydd.
Mae rhuglder yn y Gymraeg yn ofynnol ar gyfer y swydd hon.
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Hours: 0.8FTE (28hrs per week) | Fixed term: 1 year from appointment
Salary: Grade D: £33,662 – £39,559 (pro-rata)
Application deadline: midnight on Sunday 23 August
We are seeking an experienced Senior Public Policy Officer to coordinate our policy advice and public affairs work – contributing to the delivery of one of our four key strategic priorities: “Contribute to major policy solutions by providing independent advice and facilitating knowledge exchange”. We are looking for someone to with the enthusiasm to mobilise our amazing Fellows and other stakeholders to ensure our work delivers impact.
The role holder will also have responsibility for the Society’s Welsh Language offer and bilingual working.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to combine flexible working with an interesting and varied role in a dynamic team. We are looking to employ on a fixed-term basis for one year (in the first instance), and on a 0.8FTE basis, but will consider job-shares.
Fluency in Welsh is a requirement of this post.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
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This organisation is scheduling interviews as applications come in. They're ready to hire as soon as they find the right person. Don't miss your opportunity, apply now!
About us
Carers UK’s vision is to create a society that recognises, values and supports carers. As the leading national charity for unpaid carers, we exist to make life better for carers, however caring affects them. Our support, advice, information and campaigning work are now needed more than ever, as unpaid carers are providing more and more care, adversely impacting on their own health and wellbeing.
About the role
We recognise the value of social media in communicating with all our audiences; whether unpaid carers or their friends and families, employers, politicians, service providers, supporters and all those people who may become a carer for a partner, family member, friend or neighbour and will need information, support, and to know that there are people working to make their lives better.
This role works with colleagues across the organisation, including our senior management team - but also in partnership with external organisations and agencies - with targets set for engagement (and other indicators of the success of our campaigns). We're working on multiple campaigns simultaneously; whether that's Carers Week, campaigns to influence changes to the law to better support carers, encouraging unpaid carers to join us as members, updating on activities in the devolved nations or getting people to fundraise for Carers UK. And we use a mix of owned, earned and paid communications to drive engagement in a challenging and crowded environment in order to get our messages to cut through. It's a busy, but varied role, in a supportive and collaborative team.
About you
Working within the communications and marketing team, you'll be confident in managing our social media accounts (we have many), ensuring we're using platforms to get our messages out to both wide and targeted audiences with engaging and timely content.
You'll be happy using tools for social listening, interacting with our audiences and building our reach. You'll be familiar with key metrics for social engagement and will be reporting back to colleagues and other stakeholders - and using this data to constantly improve our communications.
You'll be skilled in writing longer form content for our members' magazine, Caring, proof reading articles, posting content on our websites, creating graphics and making sure our content is engaging, audience focused and dynamic. Oh, and you probably know your way around an emoji set and are not scared of a well timed pun. Plus you'll have a great eye for detail and be confident in your ability to prioritise (and sometimes reprioritise) your workload as needed.
We're a small but effective communications team and pride ourselves on getting stuck in and supporting each other when we need to deliver big on fast moving projects, so you'll need be able to juggle lots of demands while recognising the importance of always hitting deadlines.
Diversity and inclusion
Carers UK is committed to becoming a diverse and truly inclusive organisation; fostering an environment and working culture that celebrates and promotes diversity and inclusion. We strive to create a workplace where our colleagues and volunteers can truly be themselves and feel like they belong and constantly seek to ensure all voices are heard.
To embrace this culture of diversity, our employee and volunteer recruitment should reflect our stakeholders and the society that we serve and support, regardless of age, race, gender, sexual orientation, physical abilities, disabilities or religious practices. We value individual diversity and are actively building diverse teams here at Carers UK and value our colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds.
As a membership charity for carers, we particularly seek employees and volunteers with a real understanding of the issues faced by carers. Reasonable adjustments can be made to the process and role, dependent on the needs of the applicant.
We are proud to be an Employers for Carers member. We have signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge and achieved the Disability Confident Employer accreditation. We aim to offer interviews to those who have a disability covered under the definition outlined in the Equality Act 2010 and who meet the minimum criteria for the role. The minimum criteria can be found under the Essential section of the Person Specification of the recruitment pack. Please let us know if your application is being made under the Disability Confident Scheme. You are not required to share the nature of your disability or long term health condition. You will need to state in your email application that you are making your application under the Disability Confident Scheme as you consider yourself to be disabled, or as having a disability. If you meet the minimum criteria then you will be offered an interview.
At Carers UK we want our application process to be as accessible as possible. If you need any adjustments to apply please contact us to discuss.
The closing date for applications is 5pm, Tuesday 18 August.
Carers UK anonymises all applications prior to shortlisting.
Carers UK reserves the right to appoint at any stage, should an outstanding candidate emerge.
Carers UK are actively interviewing as we receive applications.
Carers UK may carry out online and social media checks before a formal offer is made.
Variety is looking for a PR and Communications Manager to join our successful fundraising and communications team for FTC maternity cover. This role includes management of internal and external communication channels at Variety including the website, supporter newsletters, social media and PR. Leading on brand and design, you will oversee freelance support during busy periods including photographers and filmmakers. This role leads and manages brand design on Canva, short film editing and works with the Director of Communications on PR.
The PR and Communications Manager is key to achieving Variety’s mission to fund life-changing practical support to disabled and disadvantaged children and young people across the UK. You will be joining the charity at an exciting time as Variety is launching a new three-year strategy and you will play a key role in our collaborative and high-performing team.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
● Lead the planning, creation and delivery of engaging content across Variety's communications channels.
● Manage the website content, ensuring information remains accurate, accessible and on brand.
● Work with the website developers to deliver improvements and SEO optimisation.
● Manage Variety’s social media content and calendar to ensure children’s voices are at the heart of our storytelling.
● Manage email marketing, including the supporter newsletter on Dot Digital working with the team to grow our mailing list.
● Gather case studies that demonstrate Variety’s impact, working closely with the programmes delivery team and the families we support.
● Oversee Variety’s brand ensuring communications are accessible and consistent with style and tone of voice.
● Work with the Director of Fundraising and Communications to develop and deliver integrated marketing and brand awareness campaigns.
● Review and proof communications produced across the organisation.
● Manager external freelance staff as needed, writing briefs and overseeing work including photographers, filmmakers, PR professionals and designers.
● Write and oversee press releases, responding to media enquiries.
● Monitor, analyse and report on digital communications performance using insights to improve email open rates, content and audience engagement.
● Manage the Senior Social Media Officer overseeing objectives, holding 1-1s and annual appraisals.
● Produce creative assets on Canva to support fundraising and campaigns.
● Attend Variety events, partner schools and community groups to capture engaging content, maximising engagement and representing the charity.
● Store and manage digital assets and the photo library, keeping records and consent up-to-date on the CRM (Salesforce), and manage the communications inbox.
● Participate in staff meetings, fundraising and programmes meetings and contribute to the success of Variety’s strategy.
SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential
• Experience working in a communications role in the Third Sector
• Experience of copywriting, editing and communicating a case for support
• Experience managing digital channels and creating content for social media
• Experience working with beneficiaries and producing case studies
• Experience planning and delivering integrated digital campaigns
• Knowledge of digital analytics and creating reports to measure data
• Enthusiastic, energetic, self-motivated and passionate about the Third Sector
• Knowledge of Canva and Dot Digital or a similar marketing platform
• Experience of Adobe Premiere Pro
MAIN BENEFITS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS
25 days holiday (we also normally give between Christmas and New Year off, but this is not contractual). In addition, after one year's continuous service, there will be an extra 2 days annual holiday for every complete year of service, up to a maximum of five days' extra holiday. Pension 7%, Life Assurance 4% of annual salary, Company sick pay scheme, medical cover.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your CV with a cover letter explaining why you would make a great candidate for this role and how you meet the job description. Application will close at 5pm on Tuesday, 26 August 2026 with interviews taking place during the week commencing 1 September 2026.
Position
MSF UK is looking for a Press Officer to focus on it's proactive, strategic media coverage. We're looking for someone who is collaborative, innovative and has plenty of connections in the industry - be that regional, national or international media, trade or political press, podcasts or documentaries.
Hours: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week) Mon - Fri
Duration: Permanent
Location: London – hybrid, 2 days per week London Office (including Wednesdays)
Salary: £41,902.62 - £51,214.32 per annum | Salary is offered in line with our pay framework and typically starts at the entry point of the band. Salary increases are considered annually and are subject to our appraisal and performance review process.
Job Purpose:
Knowledge, Skills and Experience:
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.
Marketing & Communications Manager
Bath Preservation Trust, Bath, 35 hours per week • £40,000 per annum
Bath Preservation Trust (BPT) is looking for an experienced Marketing & Communications Manager to lead marketing, digital engagement and communications across our four museums and wider charitable work in the World Heritage City of Bath.
This is a key role for a creative storyteller and strategic marketer who can grow audiences, strengthen brand recognition and deliver high‑quality, multi‑channel campaigns.
About the Role
You will shape and deliver BPT’s marketing and communications activity, including:
About You
We’re looking for a confident communicator with:
Our values: Authentic, Engaged, Inclusive, Informed, Responsible.
Benefits
How to apply
If you would like to apply for the above role, please complete the short application form and email it along with your CV and a covering letter outlining the skills, knowledge and experience you could bring to the role. See our website for further details..
We realise that text-based applications do not suit everyone, so if you would like to apply in a different way, require information in a different format, or need any other support with your application, please get in touch
Bath Preservation Trust is committed to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.
We will particularly welcome applications from people from those sections of the community who are under-represented in Bath Preservation Trust and in the wider heritage sector including Global Majority and / or disabled applicants.
For further information about the roles including the job description, person specification and application form, please see the links below.
We would also be grateful if you could complete the anonymous equal opportunities data monitoring form below (this is voluntary).
Closing date: Monday 7th September 2026
Interviews: Tuesday 22nd or Friday 25th September
Please complete a short application, provide a CV along with a covering letter
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.